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| person_name        = Ben Burgis
| person_name        = Ben Burgis
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| occupations         = Political commentator, author
| occupations         = Political commentator, author
| political_alignment = Leftist, Socialist, Progressive
| political_alignment = Leftist, Socialist, Progressive
| country            = USA
| country            = USA
| twitter            = BenBurgis
| twitter            = BenBurgis
| youtube            = @BenBurgisGTAA
| youtube            = @BenBurgisGTAA
| website            = [https://benburgis.substack.com/ Substack]
| website2            = [https://jacobin.com/author/ben-burgis Jacobin Magazine]


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== Pizza Tactics ==
== Pizza Tactics ==
{{disambiguation|See Also: [[Debate tactics]]}}
In March 2021, following a debate Destiny had with [[Michael Albert]] about socialism, Ben Burgis participated in a review of the debate with several others. This would lead to another participant, [[Brenton Lengel]], claiming that Destiny eating pizza during the debate was an intentional and malicious debate tactic designed to distract the audience while Albert was speaking<ref>Destiny. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtUpzfBk47Y Leftist Professor Brings Friends To Dunk On Destiny] YouTube. Retrieved 26 Jun 2024.</ref>. Chat would later coin the term/meme 'pizza tactics' in response to this.
In March 2021, following a debate Destiny had with [[Michael Albert]] about socialism, Ben Burgis participated in a review of the debate with several others. This would lead to another participant, [[Brenton Lengel]], claiming that Destiny eating pizza during the debate was an intentional and malicious debate tactic designed to distract the audience while Albert was speaking<ref>Destiny. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtUpzfBk47Y Leftist Professor Brings Friends To Dunk On Destiny] YouTube. Retrieved 26 Jun 2024.</ref>. Chat would later coin the term/meme 'pizza tactics' in response to this.


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* [https://t.co/sAfLaJr1Dp Substack]
* [https://t.co/sAfLaJr1Dp Substack]
* [https://benburgis.com/ Website]
* [https://benburgis.com/ Website]
* [https://jacobin.com/author/ben-burgis Jacobin Magazine]


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 06:00, 26 June 2024

Ben Burgis

Person
Political Alignment Leftist, Socialist, Progressive
Country of origin USA
Media
Websites Substack
Jacobin Magazine
Twitter BenBurgis
Youtube @BenBurgisGTAA
Other

Ben Burgis is a socialist political commentator who has written several books as well as being a regular columnist for Jacobin and The Daily Beast. He also hosts his own live show, Give Them An Argument w/ Ben Burgis.

On-stream Appearances with Destiny

First Debate

On June 1st 2019, Burgis called into Destiny's stream to have a debate on whether or not socialist reform would be positive in the United States[1].

Second Debate

Years later, on the 25th of June 2024, Destiny and Burgis participated in a debate on the ModernDayDebate channel about their views on the Israel/Palestine conflict[2].

Pizza Tactics

See Also: Debate tactics

In March 2021, following a debate Destiny had with Michael Albert about socialism, Ben Burgis participated in a review of the debate with several others. This would lead to another participant, Brenton Lengel, claiming that Destiny eating pizza during the debate was an intentional and malicious debate tactic designed to distract the audience while Albert was speaking[3]. Chat would later coin the term/meme 'pizza tactics' in response to this.

External Links

References